Kad Merad was born in Sidi Bel Abbès, Algeria, on March 27, 1964 to an Algerian father and a French mother.
•
Kad Merad, real name Kaddour Merad, (born March 27, 1964 in Sidi Bel Abbès, Algeria) is a French-Algerian actor who has acted both on stage and on screen.
From the 1830s until 1962, the city was closely associated with the French Foreign Legion, the location of its basic training camp, and the headquarters of its 1st Foreign Regiment.
The action is set predominantly in the town of Sidi Bel Abbès, and most of the male characters are members of the French Foreign Legion.
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | Sidi Moussa | Chevrolet Bel Air | bel canto | Bel Air | Villiers-le-Bel | Sidi Bouzid | Norman Bel Geddes | Sidi Bel Abbès | BEL | Sidi Slimane Air Base | Sidi | Bel canto | Bel Ami | Bel Air, Harford County, Maryland | Sidi M'hamed Bou Qobrine | Sidi Ifni | Sidi Bou Said | Sidi Barrani | Hann Bel-Air | Bel Canto | Bel-Air Village | Bel-Air | United States Naval Communications Station Sidi Yahya El Gharb | "The Battle of Bel-Air" | Sidi Smaïl | Sidi Smail | Sidi Slimane | Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar | Nick Sidi |
He did military service between 1951 and 1953 in the French Foreign Legion at Sidi-bel-Abbès and Daya in Algeria.